Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a matter for the determination of the agenda of the Dáil and I do not have any control over that. As the Deputy is aware, the Business Committee does its job. I want to make it very clear that if we introduce a Bill and it becomes law, the requirement, even in compassionate circumstances, is that there be a prescription in cases like this of there being a paediatric neurosurgeon available. Whether it is done on compassionate grounds or on legal grounds, that is required. When Deputy Barry is on his walk, if he goes into a pharmacy and looks for something he does not have a prescription for, he will not get it unless it is freely available to everybody else. This applies in the case of serious issues like those affecting this young child, who has serious challenges. That is the process.

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